“This will further tighten the Asia-Pacific antimissile barrier enclosing China and Russia, and will weaken their strategic capacities — something we adamantly oppose,” a top Chinese military official said.

•President Trump said he yielded to pleas from the leaders of Canada and Mexico and agreed not to withdraw immediately from North American Free Trade Agreement, which he has repeatedly called “a disaster.”

• Explosions at warehouses rocked the Damascus airport, in what Syrian and rebel officials say was a strike carried out by Israel to target weapons bound for Hezbollah.

Britain’s foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, suggested that his country would likely agree to any American request to assist in strikes on Syria.

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•An American visa program expiring today could leave wealthy non-Americans with one less avenue for access to a U.S. green card.

The EB-5 program, which is likely to be overhauled in Washington, has allowed foreigners and their immediate relatives — most often Chinese — to apply for permanent residency if they invested $500,000 in job-creating projects in areas with high unemployment, or $1 million in projects in other areas.

Above, a Beijing lawyer who specializes in the EB-5 process.

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• And a big surprise in science: Archaeologists no longer need to be thrown a bone.

• All 78 crew members were rescued from a Russian naval ship after it collided with a private livestock vessel and sank in heavy fog near the Bosporus. [The New York Times]

• Leaders of the 10 Asean nations begin two days of meetings in Manila that appear likely to focus more on economic issues than China’s growing dominance. [Bloomberg]

•Nine pro-democracy activists were arrested in Hong Kong, where the authorities appear to be cracking down on dissent two months before a scheduled visit by China’s president, Xi Jinping. [The New York Times]

• A court in Senegal upheld the war-crimes conviction of Hissène Habré, the former leader of a murderous regime in Chad. [The New York Times]

• An Israeli-American teenager accused of making hundreds of false bomb threats against schools, airlines, hospitals and Jewish centers in the U.S., Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Israel may have been selling his disruptive services. [Sydney Morning Herald]

• A German soldier with a “xenophobic background” is suspected of posing as a Syrian asylum seeker and planning a violent attack. [The New York Times]

• Three refugees on Manus Island contested allegations made by Peter Dutton, Australia’s immigration minister, that they triggered a shooting rampage by giving fruit to a hungry child. [The Guardian]

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Today, “The Fate of the Furious,” the eighth installment of the action movie franchise starring Vin Diesel, opens in theaters across Japan. But if you happen to be there, you’ll be forgiven for not finding it on cinema schedules.

That’s because, in Japan, the movie is called “Wild Speed: Ice Break.”

This is not the first time that films in the franchise have been promoted under different names in Japan or elsewhere. Movie titles are frequently changed to resonate better with local audiences.

In Japan, the sixth movie in the franchise, which focused on Europe, was advertised as “Wild Speed: Euro Mission.” The seventh, “Wild Speed: Sky Mission,” included a scene featuring cars falling from a plane.

If the latest film’s performance in China (where it was called “Speed and Passion”) is any guide, changing movie titles can help boost ticket sales. Of the $432 million the movie made overseas on its opening weekend, $190 million came from China.

In Hong Kong, the movie was advertised as “Wild Speed” and in Taiwan as “The Moment You Play with Death.” (In Europe, the title was far more literal: “Fast and Furious 8.”)